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By SAM RAPPAPORT Staff Writer An historic Woodlawn church that suffered severe structural damage after a fire engulfed the building last week is rallying a community in efforts to rebuild. In the 4 days since a crowd funding campaign was set up online, benefactors have donated almost $38,000 to Shrine of Christ the King church, […]

By SAM RAPPAPORT Staff Writer Attorney Steven Denny and Muslim community leaders held a press conference in Hyde Park, Thursday afternoon, to address the second set of criminal charges of sexual abuse recently leveled against Abdullah Saleem, former president of the Institute of Islamic Education (IIE) in Elgin, Ill. Denny currently represents the four women […]

By SAM RAPPAPORT Staff Writer One hundred and forty architecture firms are vying for control over the future design of the Obama Presidential Center, which will be located in either Jackson Park or Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side. On Sept. 18, The Barack Obama Foundation released a statement outlining the overall demographics of the […]

By SAM RAPPAPORT Staff Writer Over a dozen police cars cordoned off a section of the 5100 block of South Drexel Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon, following a shooting involving two on-duty Cook County Sheriff’s Department deputies. At approximately 3:50 p.m. in the 800 block of East Drexel Square Drive, according to police, two Cook County […]

By ALLISON MATYUS Staff Writer What started out as a back-to-school event has turned into an anticipated celebration that families and future book lovers look forward to every year. The Children’s Book Fair returns for its 29th year at the Downtown Hyde Park Fest on Sunday, Sept. 20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The […]

By ALLISON MATYUS Staff Writer In response to the hunger strikers claims at yesterday’s press conference, Ald. Will Burns (4th) has shared some of his insight into the fight for Dyett. “There is a strategic element for the fight for Dyett High School,” Burns said. “The fight is not about whether the school will be […]

By ALLISON MATYUS Staff Writer A group of Hyde Park women have shown ultimate girl power by proving that working hard does pay off. Lionel Pate, certified personal trainer of Sophisticated Movement, trained 25 women, all in their 50s, for 8 months in preparation for the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) to become a Chicago […]

By ALLISON MATYUS Staff Writer For one month, the Dyett hunger strikers have been fighting for quality education in their community. Even though Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced on Sept. 3 that they would keep Dyett High School open as an arts-based open enrollment neighborhood school, the Coalition to Revitalize Dyett does not see CPS’s […]

By SAM RAPPAPORT Staff Writer An adult level 1 trauma center is coming to the South Side of Chicago. In a statement released Sept. 10, University of Chicago (U. of C.)Medicine stated that it is partnering with Sinai Health System to bring trauma care services to the West Lawn neighborhood’s Holy Cross Hospital, 2701 W. […]

Art Fair; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; the opening day of the annual Art Fair launches its 72nd year featuring artists’ works in multiple media – paintings, sculpture, photography; jewelry and many more; music is[...]

Art Fair; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Day 2 of the annual Art Fair’s 72nd year featuring artists’ works in multiple media – paintings, sculpture, photography; jewelry and many more; music is provided by local[...]